POWER MODULATION OF A SCANNING BEAM FOR IMAGING, THERAPY, AND/OR DIAGNOSIS - Patent 2130088

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EP 2 130 088 A1

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(43)	Date of publication:
	09.12.2009 Bulletin 2009/50

(21)	Application number: 08743788.5

(22)	Date of filing: 12.03.2008

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

G02B 26/08^(2006.01)
A61B 1/045^(2006.01)
G02B 23/24^(2006.01)

A61B 18/04^(2006.01)
A61B 1/07^(2006.01)

(86)	International application number:
	PCT/US2008/056596

(87)	International publication number:
	WO 2008/112726 (18.09.2008 Gazette 2008/38)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MT NL NO PL PT RO SE SI SK TR

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Priority:

12.03.2007 US 716911

(71)	Applicant: Ethicon Endo-Surgery, Inc.
	Cincinnati, OH 45242 (US)

(72)	Inventor:
	WEIR, Michael P. Blanchester, Ohio 45107 (US)

(74)	Representative: Tunstall, Christopher Stephen
	Carpmaels & Ransford 43-45 Bloomsbury Square London WC1A 2RA London WC1A 2RA (GB)

(54)	POWER MODULATION OF A SCANNING BEAM FOR IMAGING, THERAPY, AND/OR DIAGNOSIS